St. Louis Blues vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 23, 2017

FinalSaturday, Dec 23, 2017· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	1	1	1	3		STL	8	12	14	34
VAN	0	1	0	1		VAN	8	10	13	31

: STL 58VAN 64
: STL 4.39VAN 2.76
PP goals: STL 0VAN 0
Hits: STL 17VAN 23
Blocks: STL 20VAN 13
PIM: STL 4VAN 4
: STL 56%VAN 44%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

St. Louis Blues beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1

St. Louis Blues beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1 at VAN. Kyle Brodziak (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for STL: Sobotka–Paajarvi–Sundqvist skated 9:25 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Kyle Brodziak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:46.Brodziak
New line
New look for STL: Sobotka–Paajarvi–Sundqvist skated 9:25 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sobotka Paajarvi Sundqvist
Luck
VAN scored 1 goal on 2.76 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Troy Stecher (VAN) played 12:57, −5:57 down on his 18:54 season average over 67 games.Stecher
Usage
Erik Gudbranson (VAN) played 13:35, −4:56 down on his 18:31 season average over 51 games.Gudbranson
Usage
Nic Dowd (VAN) played 15:24, +4:57 up on his 10:27 season average over 55 games.Dowd
Usage
Jake Virtanen (VAN) played 16:27, +4:31 up on his 11:56 season average over 74 games.Virtanen
Usage
Daniel Sedin (VAN) played 19:03, +3:50 up on his 15:13 season average over 80 games.Sedin

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← STL attacks left (bottom on phones)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · VAN 64 · STL 58

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN pressure
STL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: STL 34% of the game, VAN 31%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

VAN

STL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	STL	VAN
	59	68
	3.64	2.82
	3.53	2.74
	13	12
	2	4
	17	7
	+0.045	−0.045
	34%	31%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

St. Louis Blues

L1Steen – Stastny – Thompson
12:3860% CF
L2Berglund – Schenn – Tarasenko
12:3145% CF
L3Upshall – Brodziak – Jaskin
9:3529% CF
L4Sobotka – Paajarvi – Sundqvist
9:2555% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Edmundson
17:3745% CF
D2Parayko – Dunn
9:3745% CF
D3Gunnarsson – Bortuzzo
6:2138% CF

PP1Steen – Stastny – Pietrangelo – Schenn – Tarasenko
2:2578% CF
PP2Sobotka – Berglund – Edmundson – Parayko – Thompson
0:54100% CF
PK1FBrodziak – Paajarvi
0:36
PK2FSteen – Stastny
0:31
PK1DPietrangelo – Edmundson
0:48
PK2DGunnarsson – Parayko
0:36

Current STL line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Sedin – Sedin – Eriksson
11:1765% CF
L2Dowd – Gaunce – Virtanen
9:2467% CF
L3Vanek – Gagner – Boeser
9:0962% CF
D1Edler – Biega
15:2365% CF
D2Del Zotto – Pouliot
6:2356% CF
D3Hutton – Stecher
6:1867% CF

PP1Sedin – Sedin – Edler – Granlund – Boeser
1:43100% CF
PP2Vanek – Gagner – Del Zotto – Pouliot – Goldobin
0:17
PK1FEriksson – Dowd
2:05
PK2FGranlund – Gaunce
1:34
PK1DEdler – Gudbranson
2:09
PK2DBiega – Hutton
0:58

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	0	2	0	18:55	—	—	56	85
Alexander Steen L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	1.19	1	0	0	18:04	—	—	63	67
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:31	—	—	52	55
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	1	1	+1	6	0.58	0	1	0	18:57	—	—	47	50
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	2	2	0	18:38	—	—	50	52
Patrik Berglund C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	2	0	0	16:19	—	—	46	31
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.02	1	1	0	13:22	—	—	35	40
Kyle Brodziak C	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.13	0	1	0	12:46	—	—	31	36
Scottie Upshall R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:56	—	—	30	38
Vladimir Sobotka C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	45	55
Magnus Paajarvi L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.95	0	0	0	11:45	—	—	50	65
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.32	2	0	2	10:48	—	—	50	62
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.31	1	4	0	26:54	—	—	45	33
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	2	1	2	23:16	—	—	51	51
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	3	0	21:11	—	—	47	65
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	18:11	—	—	50	59
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	3	0	14:20	—	—	40	64
Carl Gunnarsson D	D3	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:43	—	—	40	65

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.76	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Henrik Sedin C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:42	—	—	59	58
Daniel Sedin L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	0	0	0	19:03	—	—	59	62
Loui Eriksson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	0	0	18:07	—	—	61	31
Jake Virtanen R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.58	2	0	0	16:27	—	—	66	59
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	2	3	0	15:24	—	—	50	48
Brendan Gaunce C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:44	—	—	55	57
Brock Boeser R	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.35	1	0	0	20:02	—	—	44	39
Sam Gagner C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.34	2	1	0	16:02	—	—	42	37
Thomas Vanek L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.31	0	0	0	15:27	—	—	53	49
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	0	0	22:04	—	—	57	39
Alex Biega D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	1	2	17:49	—	—	65	53
Michael Del Zotto D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	2	18:04	—	—	39	31
Derrick Pouliot D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	3	0	17:41	—	—	55	75
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	2	0	16:33	—	—	59	45
Troy Stecher D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.39	1	1	0	12:57	—	—	52	54
Markus Granlund C	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	2	0	0	14:02	—	—	58	37
Erik Gudbranson D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	1	0	13:35	—	—	46	28
Nikolay Goldobin R	—	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	0	0	10:35	—	—	60	39

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	33	31	2	.939	3.51	58:42

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

St. Louis Blues vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 23, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

Vancouver Canucks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Vancouver Canucks